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My mother not only made jams and preserves but wines too. So we collected dandelions, coltsfoot and clover. Her best wine was parsnip wine. I was told after keeping it was as good as whisky.
I remembered a trick the boys in Devon had taught me. How to catch a rabbit. Creep up behind a rabbit hide, they make them from grass while sitting in the sun, and with both hands cupped grab it as it darts out. It works and I caught a lovely soft one. My mother said how clever I was but as I could feel its little heart racing I let it go. I still felt great because my mother had praised me.
Christmas was a happy time too. The presents from Aunties and such delicious food. My mother was a first class cook. We always had turkey and half a young sucking pig. Makes my mouth water even thinking about it. But there was always the monster.
The other thing I remember was on my visits to Devon I always joined a group of three boys. On my arrival I would be welcomed by these boys as a visitor from the wide world of town and I became one with them. We did some silly things. Dared by the boys I climbed down nearly 40ft of a cliff about a 120 or more feet high and filched three Gull's eggs from a nest. Mother gull objected and kept diving on me but I scrambled back up to the boys. I still have the eggs and shudder when I think how close I came to death on that chalky cliff.
In the garden a plum tree was growing and I delighted in sitting up in the tree and pinging passersby with the hard young fruit. Nobody caught me until I shot the postman. He called me a young Varmint and threatened to tell the police. I stopped that little game.
One other thing stands out. It was when the Dolphins came into the bay. We knew when because they drove fish before them and the fishermen went out with the nets. Even the local pub was called "The Dolphin" after these benefactors.
The boys and I would take a row boat out to deep water and with a few squeaky whistles would call the Dolphins to us. They played like puppies, diving under the boat and popping up the other side. We called them "Sea puppies". We patted their heads and backs which they seemed to enjoy as part of the game. The danger didn't occur to us. Not one of us could swim and those fish were big enough and strong enough to turn our little boat over. We were used to rowing out to the smugglers' caves and just didn't think of danger. Our Guardian Angel must have been watching over us.
Then of course there were my odd play things. I had inherited from my grandfather an interest in wild things. He had a young fox that he had rescued from hunters and it was like a dog, walking out on a lead. I always looked for nature happening. The day I found a Dormouse I was so thrilled. A little body curled up in a ball of hay and sound asleep. I rushed home with it, so proud of my find. I rushed up to my mother crying "Look what I've found." She took the ball of hay and at my telling her to look inside she parted the hay and let out a scream like a siren. The hay flew everywhere, the mouse flew to the ceiling and she grabbed my hair. I had such a whacking for playing tricks on her. The mouse ran away so I gathered up its hay and put it outside hoping it would find its old home.
The other plaything I was in trouble over was the big snakes we used to find. They were grass snakes and big and fat. As country kids do, we knew the Adder and Viper were dangerous and only sought out the big ones. They were four to five feet long and had beautiful markings. We found them in the heather and tufty grass. Harmless as long as they didn't wind themselves around you.
Then there were the times out with the fishermen. They allowed me to go out on the boats with them. At nightfall we set off for a spot out at sea. I was shown how they found it. Looking landwards we could see the village. When the main street appeared, an angle allowed the church steeple to stand out. That was where the nets were dropped. At dawn those nets were dragged inboard with the catch. Some odd things came up and were thrown back into the sea. Those men were very kind to me and even in winter when the nets were in use they would take me out. Cold but interesting.
The biggest change in my life was soon to come. The rows between my mother and father were almost daily and my sister and I cowed in our beds when we heard the fighting. My mother was only five foot two and my father six foot four so she always had black eyes and bruising. She had no defence. I can't understand how she stood it.
I was ten years old and sitting for a scholarship. My teacher considered me clever and I sat for this although I was a little young. Into all this came an uproar. My father brought home another woman. My uncle's ex- housekeeper. Her name was Louis and being German taught me not only German but the script as well. I was shocked that this woman could wreck our lives.
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Roger Clemens found not guilty on all counts in perjury trial
Former pitcher Roger Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, was found not guilty Monday on all six counts stemming from his testimony in a probe into steroid use in baseball, according to reports.
Clemens, 49, faced six total charges: one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making a false statement and two counts of perjury. He plead not guilty.
The trial focused on Clemens' testimony before Congress in 2008, when he denied using steroids or human growth hormone. The prosecution contended that he lied in this testimony.
Clemens faced a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine if convicted on all six counts. Under sentencing guidelines, however, he would likely have only received between 15 and 21 months in prison.
The trial featured 46 witnesses over 26 days of proceedings, including New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte.
Clemens' former trainer Brian McNamee was the key witness for the prosecution and spent more than a week on the stand. McNamee alleged that he had injected Clemens with steroids during 1998, 2000 and 2001. He also claimed to have injected the pitcher with HGH in 2000.
McNamee produced evidence that he said was the needle he used in a steroid injection in 2001. The waste was shown to have both Clemens' DNA and steroids on it.
Clemens' lawyers attacked McNamee's credibility and showed ways in which his story had changed over time. Clemens' wife, Debbie Clemens, also testified that she had McNamee inject her with HGH.
This was the government's second attempt at convicting Clemens. A mistrial was declared last spring in Clemens' first trial when the prosecution showed inadmissible evidence to the jury.

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i'm trying to install iPC on my Notebook (Packard Bell EasyNote MB89).
Specs are:
CPU: Core 2 Duo T8100 @ 2,1GHz
RAM: 2 GiG
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Problem is:
The installer boots up without any problem (unlike iDeneb which won't even boot start the installer). But I can't choose any boot volume, there is nothing shown in the list. Do I have to make a partition for Mac OS without the installer?
In my opinion this is the fault of my SATA-Controller which isn't correctly detected by iPC, am i right?
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Knowledge, Research & Innovation
Learning and Leadership
Past Meetings
Some resources from previous League conferences can be found here. For more, visit the Learning and Leadership Development section.
Upbeat, Spring 2014
Upbeat Newsletter
In this issue:
Dear Youth Orchestra Colleagues,
I hope the New Year of 2014 and the Year of the Horse finds your organizations humming along with renewed vigor and purpose. Thank you for everything that you do to offer educational and artistic experiences for young people in your community.
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There was excellent discussion and spirited participation at the YOD sessions at Mid-Winter conference in NYC in January, and I look forward to that energy and enthusiasm carrying over into the sessions in Seattle. It's not too early to think about a trip to Seattle in June - please mark your calendars and plan to join your colleagues, get the latest information from the field and celebrate the great work of youth orchestras and the League. I hope to see you in Seattle!
Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia
Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra
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Hitting the Right Notes: Capital Campaign Trends and Fundamentals for Success
Capital campaigns are an important part of the fundraising cycle for any orchestra, large or small. While many of the tried and true principles of effective campaign fundraising remain the same, changing demographics and global and industry trends have required that orchestras innovate and strategies evolve. This webinar will provide an overview of recent trends in philanthropy and capital campaign fundraising, with an emphasis on symphonies and orchestras, while also sharing the essential fundamentals and tools needed to plan a comprehensive campaign. Participants will hear best practices for creating a realistic timetable, drafting a compelling case for support, and recruiting the right volunteer leadership, as well as develop a solid understanding of how it all fits together to form a winning plan.
Presented by Bridget Keane, Corporate Vice President, CCS and Preston Walton, Assistant Vice President, CCS. This on-demand webinar is free for League members. Register now!
View the PowerPoint presentation for this webinar.
Moves Management® and Developing your Major Donor Pipeline!
Moves Management® isn't just about portfolios, coding and moves. It is a comprehensive approach for your development operation that will bring major gift prospects closer to your orchestra through a series of strategic steps. Adopting a Moves Management® system that incorporates creative cultivation opportunities and strategies to generate a high-level of activity is the key to establishing a healthy major donor pipeline. In this webinar, learn best practices for incorporating an effective Moves Management system, as well as innovations in donor strategies that will help build your pipeline and secure more major gifts for your organization.
Presented by Eric Javier, corporate vice president & managing director, CCS and Steven Talbot, executive director, CCS. This on-demand webinar is free for League members. Register now!
View the PowerPoint presentation for this webinar.
Free eBook! The Board Chair Handbook
Whether you're a seasoned board chair or new in the role, the Board Chair Handbook offers practical advice and guidance. Free for League members!
Workgroup on Diversity & Inclusion
This workgroup is designed for staff, board members, and musicians interested in promoting diversity and inclusion at their orchestras.
Meeting via phone, the group will work to create a "safe place" for discussing diversity strategies and best practices within varied contexts specific to orchestras.
Participants will be encouraged to use the workgroup conversation to jump-start their personal efforts to move diversity and inclusion work forward within their organization.
Moderated by Jim Hirsch, executive director, Chicago Sinfonietta
Dates & Times: All sessions are from 4:00 to 5:00pm EST
- Tuesday, December 17
- Tuesday, January 21
- Tuesday, February 18
- Tuesday, March 18
- Tuesday, April 15
- Tuesday, May 13
- Tuesday, June 17
Audience Engagement
For research and data on Audience Engagement, visit the Knowledge, Research and Innovation section.
Audience Participation Webinar
Two recent national studies, the National Endowment for the Arts 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, and the League's Audience Demographic Research Review, offer statistically reliable national demographic information about audience participation. The findings raise both serious concerns and new opportunities for orchestras. They merit close attention from all who are concerned about the future of orchestras in America.
National Endowment for the Arts 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts
Sunil Iyengar (bio), director, NEA Research & Analysis
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The League's Audience Demographic Research Review
Atul Kanagat (bio)
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The League's Audience Demographic Research Review was made possible in part by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The Art & Science of Ticket Pricing
Ding, ding, ding! In this corner we have the belief that dropping ticket prices grows audience participation and loyalty… in the other corner, a slow but steady diet of step-wise growth is the way to go with ticket pricing and donor contributions. Hear the two sides battle it out – what's working, what's not, and what are the lessons about the art & science of ticket pricing that you can apply to your orchestra.
Jon Limbacher, vice president and COO, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jack McAuliffe, president, Engaged Audiences LLC
Emerging Leaders Program
Nominations for the Emerging Leaders Program are now closed. The following information is provided for reference only.
The League is seeking up to seven young leaders with imagination, ambition, and discipline who are ready to be inspired and challenged. The Emerging Leaders Program is a two-year program for those who want to be a driving force in the future of America's orchestras.
The Emerging Leaders Program will take a natural born leader and help them reach their potential through formal leadership and organizational development curriculum and mentoring, while they design a project that benefits his or her orchestra.
Nomination deadline: November 1, 2013
The Ideal Candidate
- Must be 35 years of age or under
- Must have the potential to be a leader for orchestras and for making an even greater contribution to the organization they currently serve
- Must have a passion for orchestras
- Must be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound (or it seems like they do)
The Emerging Leaders Program is not focused on your current job title – it focuses on what you want your future to be.
What's Needed to Apply
Potential candidates must be nominated by their executive director* or board chair. This program is open to all full-time staff and musicians of League member orchestras. Please read the Emerging Leaders Program Guidelines before proceeding further.
Please note that the essay portion of the application should be 1,000 words or less, total.
Nominees invited to apply will be notified by mid-November. You can also see a full timeline of the program.
*Please note: If the candidate is an executive director, he or she must be nominated by their board chair
The Emerging Leaders Program is made possible by generous grants from American Express Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The League offers numerous programs and opportunities designed to help orchestra professionals develop their leadership skills. Here are some of the resources available.
Grants from Your State Arts Agency
Guide to Online Grantseeker Resources
Introduction to Fundraising Planning
A New Approach to NEA Grants
Nonprofit Sustainability: Building Blocks to Organizational Success
Your Board and Fundraising
Grants from Your State Arts Agency
Some state arts agencies that have special grant categories designed to support career development or travel. Carefully consult the grant guidelines to find out what kinds of activities are eligible and to learn how to apply. State arts agency staff can provide you with guidance and refer you to additional sources of information or support. Click here for the full list.
Guide to Online Grantseeker Resources
Learn to navigate and use the wide-range of resources available on the Foundation Center's newest website, GrantSpace.org in this session. This website offers information and resources that are specifically designed to meet the needs of grantseekers. You can explore content based on your subject area or a skill set you want to improve, as well as take advantage of various tools that answer the most frequently asked questions, find sample documents, including proposals, and more. This session will show you how to get the most out of the website, to help you gain the knowledge and skills you need to get grants, manage your nonprofit, and improve your community.
Free to League members. Register here.
Visit GrantSpace, a service of the Foundation Center, which offers information and resources that are specifically designed to meet the needs of grantseekers.
Introduction to Fundraising Planning
Learn a basic planning process for diversifying your organization's support.A successful nonprofit organization has diversified funding streams. If your organization has never developed a fundraising plan or calendar, this session is for you. It provides an overview of the process of strategically thinking through the components of a fundraising plan. You'll learn how to:
• Take stock of your organization's strengths and assets
• Develop a case statement
• Set fundraising goals
• Identify funding partners
• Prepare a fundraising plan and calendar
Free to League members. Register here.
Visit GrantSpace, a service of the Foundation Center, which offers information and resources that are specifically designed to meet the needs of grantseekers.
A New Approach to NEA Grants
Join expert staff from the National Endowment for the Arts, including Director of Music and Opera Wayne Brown and former Arts Education Director Sarah Cunningham as they walk orchestras through significant new changes to the grant-making process. NEA grants to orchestras provide critical funding for projects that increase access to music in communities nationwide. Learn everything you need to know to prepare your next application.
Moderated by Heather Noonan, vice president for advocacy, League of American Orchestras
Free to League members; available on-demand. Register here.
Please remember to visit our Advocacy and Government area to find tips for orchestras, application deadlines, contact information for NEA specialists, and project descriptions of previous NEA grants to orchestras.
Nonprofit Sustainability: Building Blocks to Organizational Success
Learn how to enhance your organization's competitiveness and strengthen its financial health. Sustainability is a popular buzzword in our sector. Nonprofit sustainability means more than just generating enough money to keep your organization afloat. In this class we will define nonprofit sustainability and cover each of the four key elements that contribute to long-term sustainability for an organization. Learn what you can do to increase your organization's competitiveness and strengthen its financial health in the current economic climate.Topics covered include:
- Understanding what nonprofit sustainability means
- Key elements of nonprofit sustainability
- Tips on how to develop them in your organization
Free to League members. Register here.
Visit GrantSpace, a service of the Foundation Center, which offers information and resources that are specifically designed to meet the needs of grantseekers.
Your Board and Fundraising
Learn how to engage your board in fundraising. This eCourse helps you think through the process of getting your board involved with fundraising. What we will cover:
- The role of your board
- Why board members may be reluctant to fundraise and how to overcome these concerns
- Ways the board can participate in fundraising activities
- Tips for strengthening your fundraising board
Free to League members. Register here.
Visit GrantSpace, a service of the Foundation Center, which offers information and resources that are specifically designed to meet the needs of grantseekers.
Learning Online opportunities are made possible by grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MetLife Foundation, The Hearst Foundation, Inc., and National Endowment for the Arts, and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Webinars offer the chance to engage in interactive, online learning that utilizes phone conference and internet technology. Led by field professionals, each webinar will focus on one topic that will assist you in your work with your orchestra.
Webinars are made possible by grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Hearst Foundation, Inc., and the Argosy Foundation.
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84 Athletes Named to PBC Presidential Honor Roll
AUGUSTA, GA -- The Peach Belt Conference has
announced that 832 student-athletes have been named to the
Presidential Honor Roll from the league office in Augusta,
including 84 athletes from North Georgia College & State
For the second straight year, the honor roll has been divided into four groups: Presidential Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars and Gold Scholars. All student-athletes with a GPA of 3.00 to 3.24 are Presidential Scholars, while Bronze Scholars are 3.25 to 3.49; Silver 3.50 to 3.74 and the Gold scholars are those with a 3.75 to 4.00 GPA.
The 836 student-athletes honored is an increase of 57 from last season's total. Each student-athlete will receive a certificate from the conference office.
Gold Scholars: Courtney Cantrell, Ethan Hopkins, William Maxwell, Beatrice Nelligan, Ross Book, Anders Oster, Chris Aiken, Sam Moore, Josh Kerzie, Kaelin Farrington, Jessica Skeels, Lauren Hughes, Victoria Kostecki. Silver Scholars: Christopher Lee, Jordan Erisman, Brandon Garcia, Brad Hall, Nick White, Patrick Moynihan, Santiago Pinzon-Garcia, Danny Aguilon, Kelly Martin, Lauren Schenk, Delana Thomas, Emmy Lawalin, Syretha Marble. Bronze Scholars: Kyle Ashcroft, Charles Buesse, Dillon Bowers, Savannah Bryce, Alex Kenna, Zakary Loggins, Meghan Riggin, Grant Patrick, Casera Sparks, Craig Brisson, Cody Clickner, Tyler Musselwhite, Nick Palmer, Logan Sharett, Mark Thomas, Davy Wallach, Anthony Rowe, Ben Chedgy, Clay Davis, Luciano Neto, Adrien Saulais, Caroline Bower, Hilary Cox, Kasey Knight, Sarah Phillips, Trisha Snider, Kim Stercay, Lindsey Kitchens, Danielle Seely, Meredith Cash, Danielle Brannan, Emily Hughes, Rachel Peckham, Becca Valentine, Kelsey Webb. Presidential Scholars: Loren Blake, Candace Chumley, Clare Madrid, Teale Marchette, Tyler Mattix, Katie Vance, Jesse Coxwell, Garrett Lussi, John Overton, Ben Ellgass, Caleb Turner, Nicole Adkison, Ansley Anderson, Kayla Martin, Ari'Elle Durham, Meredith Montgomery, Alyssa Stokes, Velina Boteva, Maria Dreaden, Natalie Douglass, Brittany Bauschka, Sara Kate Rogers, Katie Turner.
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Hola, gente! :) I'm plannning a trip to Mexico from the 24th of January till the 7th of February (Mexico city, Oaxaca, San-Cristobal, Palenque, Merida, Cancun). I'm going there alone and would be super happy to find a travel buddy or a local person to show me around. If you can give me some tips about this places (of any kind: what to see, what to eat, what to avoid), I'll also be very grateful. And happy New Year to everyone! :)
Well when you arrive to Mexico City just hit me up, here is my cell phone number 5535978479. I will show you around the city from point a to point z and everything you need to know about Mexico City. So when you get here just call me and I will be your travel buddy or whatever you want me to be...I gots you!


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Strider PREbike Balance Running Bike
" Striders and Early Riders (wooden) are the two most durable, well-designed run bikes on the market. We actually have the Early Rider. We got it for my son for his second birthday. It has a short enough stand over height for most 2 year olds. Something like an 11"" inseam if I can remember right. My son (4) now rides a peddle bike, without training wheels, but..." --SheSpeeds
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War is the trade of Kings.
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John Dryden (August 9, 1631 May 12, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright.
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The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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Flat, muted, muffled. Perhaps they were setup incorrectly. I tend to like brighter sounding speakers so if they are typically bright, I might have liked them. The source was a Arcam CD player and AVR, but I don't know which ones. (The AVR had a $4999 price tag.) The dealer had B&W CM9s, CM8s, and 802s in the same room and the Studio 60s in another room. I thought the CM8s and 9s sounded better than the RXs and I had them bring the Studios for comparison. To my ears, the Studios seemed to have the best soundfield and imaging.
As far as surrounds, I'll have to do in-home demos of the di-poles vs. monopoles. I can't exactly line up the di-poles with my main seating area, so monopoles might actually do better.


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In a world where newspapers regularly carry accounts of corrupt, arrogant, or greedy leaders and authority figures, I find myself especially cheered when I come across the genuine thing — a leader who serves the common good with strength, vision, and compassion. I'd like to introduce Nancy Berg, executive director and general manager of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
I interviewed Nancy in the early 1990s regarding her position at the time as one of the few female trade show directors of large associations. (She was with SME.) In 2000, we ran a profile of her after she was asked to take the helm at SME — again breaking new ground. Not only was Nancy one of a handful of women heading up a large association, she was relatively young (46), and, atypically, her background was in marketing not manufacturing. That she was able to gracefully and competently turn around the tradition-bound SME, restoring financial soundness and re-envisioning its purpose, is a really terrific accomplishment. (Not that you would hear any self-accolades from Nancy.)
Listening to her presentation at ECEF this spring, I was struck particularly by her statement that "strategy by committee doesn't work" — too often it's too hard for people to see beyond their own biases/concerns. To be able to gather all views and then to have the courage and intelligence to establish and implement what really is in the best long-term interest of the organization, is to me a true hallmark of leadership.
Turn to page 16 for the full story of SME's turnaround. And if you know of any other noteworthy leaders out there, let us know. I would love to shine the spotlight on people who deserve it.
PS: Speaking of shining the spotlight, hats off to AM for recently winning the top national award from the American Society of Business Press Editors for best illustrated cover ("The Far Side: Exploring the World of Unconventional Meetings," August 2004). We also won ASBPE's top award in the Northeast region for best feature series. "Talking About Waste" appeared in our February and April issues. Way to go, team!


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A Celebration of Taste
David Savona
Posted: December 7, 2001
I was standing at the bar at Villa Cortina, my father-in-law's Italian restaurant in Tenafly, New Jersey. I was about a half-hour away from tucking away a late dinner of proscuitto and osso bucco, and I was having a drink with one of the restaurant's regulars, Bob Kricheff. I was sipping Scotch, he was having some wine.
"You should come to Beerfest," said Bob.
"Beerfest?" I asked. "What's that?"
One week later I'm sitting at a long, wooden table at Casa Kricheff in New Jersey, with Bob's parents, siblings and assorted friends taking up the remainder of the chairs. Notebooks and pencils lie at the ready, pretzels, cheese and crackers await at the table's center. We've each had a starchy, hearty dinner to prepare our gullets for the coming test. That's when Bob walks in from the kitchen, a tray of foamy beer steins in his hands.
Welcome to Beerfest No. 21.
Every year, Bob and his clan gather in a celebration of taste and beer. The process is remarkably similar to a Cigar Aficionado cigar tasting: a brewmeister (we call it a tasting coordinator) assembles a collection of beers (cigars) and presents them to the gathered throng (the tasting panel). The throng (panel) rates each beer (cigar) and describes the flavor. At the end, the panelists retire to the lounge, where they sip more beer or Scotch as the results are tallied.
What a concept. How did this ever so wise family embark on such a noble idea? It all revolves around peanut butter. Many years ago, Bob's father, Irvin, was horrified to discover that their pantry was brimming with three types of peanut butter. He gathered his family together, and suggested a blind tasting. He presented samples of each product, the family members not knowing which brand they were tasting, and each voted on his or her favorite. The winning peanut butter claimed the space in the cupboard. (For the record, the generic brand took the crown.)
Now I smoke cigars for a living. More specifically, I taste cigars for a living. And one of the persistent questions posed to me and other cigar tasters working for Cigar Aficionado magazine is: "How do you taste chocolate, nuts, etc. in a cigar?"
The short answer is practice and concentration. If you smoke enough cigars, and think about all those flavors swimming around in your head, you should be able to compare them to similar flavors generated by foods that you've tasted (nuts, chocolate) or aromas that you've smelled (leather, tar). Judging the strength of a cigar, by comparison, is easy.
This is what the participants of Beerfest do. There's a wonderful humor that's inherent to the event. And a strong sense of tradition. Those who have been on the panel for years, for example, have their regular seats. "Guest panelists will sit where they're told, and be grateful to have a seat," warns the official documents, emblazoned with the Beerfest logo. Discussion of each beer is encouraged. Tasters try to sway others' opinions. And as the beers flow copiously through the evening, the debate gets increasingly intense.
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Kenny Rogers has been winning hearts and minds in the Country music world for over five decades and now, in true gambling fashion, he's recroded a gospel album sure to take the world by storm. Hear classics and tracks from his new album Faith on Kenny Rogers tour dates near you!
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Call the Volunteer Center of United Way at 524-1307 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Volunteers needed for special events:
SOCIETY FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS: Day on the Farm, June 22
NEEDED: Volunteers 15 and older are needed to assist and encourage children and serve as buddies with various activities. The event introduces children with disabilities, ages 4 to 17 years (and kids at heart), to activities typically seen on a working ranch, including horseback riding, hayrides, planting in the garden, arts and crafts, a petting zoo and a barbecue cookout. Additional help is needed at each activity station. Volunteers will receive an orientation from 8 to 9 a.m., help with setup, interact with their buddies from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and assist with cleanup. All volunteers must complete an application, and those older than 18 must pass a background check.
CONTACT: Lynn Q-V at (209) 524-3536, email@example.com
COMMUNITY HOSPICE AND HOSPICE OF SAN JOAQUIN: 11th annual Truckin' for Hospice Motorcycle & Car Rally, July 20
NEEDED: Volunteers 16 and older are needed to assist with event cleanup (tear down tables and tents, stack chairs, etc.) at 2:30 p.m. Presented by the California Trucking Association, this 11th annual motorcycle/car rally/antique and working truck show starts in Stockton and travels through the Mother Lode with stops along the 135-mile ride, complete with refreshments, poker hands and a chance to win great prizes. It concludes with a barbecue, live music and raffle drawing in Manteca. Per-person rider fee is $30 preregistration or $35 after July 15, and can be purchased online. Truck show entrance fees are $40 per person before July 15 and $45 after. Fee includes a commemorative T-shirt, run pin, poker hand, and food and drink. Bikers, car enthusiasts and truckers are invited to rev up to raise funds for Community Hospice and Hospice of San Joaquin. Individuals and businesses are also invited to become a sponsor. A variety of sponsorship levels are available. Since 2002, more than 5,500 riders have raised $540,000 to support services for terminally ill patients during their final days.
CONTACT: Mark Wells at (209) 922-0216, www.truckinforhospice.org or firstname.lastname@example.com
Volunteers needed for ongoing positions:
NEEDED: Volunteers 13 to 17 are needed to serve as defense and prosecution attorneys, jury members, bailiffs and court clerks. The Youth Court process offers first-time juvenile defendants who have admitted responsibility for their offense an opportunity to have their case heard by a jury of their peers with an adult volunteer judge experienced in juvenile law presiding. Adult volunteers 18 and older, who are knowledgeable of the law, are also needed to act as judges to preside over the court and serve as mentors to assist volunteer attorneys with trial preparation. The court sessions are usually held during the evening bimonthly on Wednesdays in Modesto and on the third Tuesday in Oakdale.
CONTACT: Liz Elizondo at (209) 526.1476 or email@example.com
NEEDED: Volunteers 16 and older are needed to help provide food and clothing to needy individuals and families weekdays. Warehouse volunteers pick up, receive, sort and distribute food to clients; Food Pantry volunteers interview clients, offer support and referrals, bag grocery orders and stock shelves; and Clothes Closet volunteers sort clothing and assist in the community clothes closet. Volunteers are needed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., depending on the position. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, or 16 to 17 years old with parental permission, and be able to lift at least 25 to 40 pounds, depending on the position.
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NEEDED: Volunteers 16 and older are needed to socialize, exercise and care for adoptable animals and assist the public with adoptions at the shelter. Flexible shifts are available Monday through Saturday between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Foster care volunteers provide a nurturing home for kittens and/or puppies until they are ready for adoption. The Foster Care opportunity is available for volunteers of all ages (younger than 18 years with a parent). All volunteers must have a basic knowledge of animal care and animal handling experience, complete an application process and attend an orientation.
CONTACT: Mike Corcel at (209) 342-1748, firstname.lastname@example.com
NEEDED: Volunteers 18 and older, or 17 years for school-based mentoring, are needed to make a difference in the life of an at-risk child. Multiple mentoring opportunities are available for adult volunteers. Mentors enrich their own lives while sharing everyday activities with kids such as movies, homework, sports, shopping, life skills, leadership development, engaging in conversation and more. Hours are typically after school or on the weekend, but are set up by the mentor and student. Volunteers must complete an application, interview, orientation and training process; provide references; pass a background check; and commit to volunteering at least four hours per month for 12 months, depending upon the program.
CONTACT: Ben Wheeler at (209) 522-9568 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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6 Matchups To Watch In The First Round Of The NCAA Tournament
Let the Madness begin. The two most exciting days of the college basketball season are upon us, and we here at Dime are just as pumped as you are to see what will play out in the coming weeks. To get you primed for the first round, we've picked out some of the most intriguing matchups to look for on Thursday and Friday. Read More »


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Stay cool with these no heat hairstyles this summer. No styling tools required.
We called upon Halli Bivona at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman to show us how to keep our hair healthy and on-trend this summer with easy 'dos that don't call for styling tools.
Textured Ponytail
For this look, it's best to use your fingers (instead of a brush) to rake your hair back. This will make hair seem artfully undone, instead of messy.
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Dean has been using Power Plate as his main training tool over the last 5 years after first discovering it whilst living in London. Dean was immediately stunned at how his body felt during and after that first session, which left him wanting to know more about it. Dean became qualified in coaching and instructing Power Plate sessions and has never looked back. After returning home to Australia and being shocked to discover that there were no studios or gyms using Power Plate, he established Body Transformation Centre, the home of cutting edge Power Plate training here in Australia. Further learning and studies from the top experts in vibration training has now established Dean as part of an exclusive club, a Power Plate Master Trainer, one of only 5 in Australia. Dean is also... Read the profile >>
Gemma has been practicing yoga for 7 years and has a strong passion for health, nutrition and holistic wellbeing. Gemma has a background in dance (ballet and modern dance) and gymnastics and was a state champion in both rhythmic and artistic gymnastics. At age 14 Gemma suffered a back injury that saw her unable to continue dancing and gymnastics and sparked her passion for anatomy and injury management. Gemma completed her 200hr yoga teaching training with BodyMindLife yoga in 2011 and is currently studying Nutritional Medicine (at Nature Care College). Gemma is also the Wellbeing Consultant for NRMA Motoring & Services. Gemma's intention in her yoga classes is to give people tools to connect with their body, breath and spirit, allowing them to let go of their head... Read the profile >>
Jen has always had a strong interest in movement: ballet as a kid, dance and gymnastics as a teenager and then a Creative Arts degree majoring in Contemporary Dance. After uni Jen moved to Australia and started working in the corporate world. Jen started flirting with yoga in her mid twenties with Ashtanga courses, Hatha classes and dance classes until she found Bikram yoga. As soon as she started practising Bikram Yoga she knew it was going to have a big effect on her. She felt much happier, looked better and had a different positive view on things. She decided to take the plunge and leave the corporate world, enrolling in Bikram Yoga Teacher Training. Jen's trained in 2008 in Mexico and was fortunate enough to start teaching straight after graduating. Jen opened Bikram Yoga... Read the profile >>
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Lucia has always had a passion for fitness, wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle and has been involved in Fitness for over 10 years and decided to take it to the next level when she moved to Australia. Lucia completed her fitness studies at Fitness Institute of Australia and had began her fitness career as Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor, specialising in the Les Mills Programs Body Attack and Body Pump. Lucia is well known at Sydney Gyms, however dedicates most of her instructing to her local community at Gillys in Drummoyne. Lucia has always been passionate about running, but had to reassess things in 2008 due to hip injury which forced her to stop running until she recovered. Lucia met Chi Running coach J-R in 2009 and her relationship with running injuries was done... Read the profile >>
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September, 2009
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) preserves over 530,000 hours of published and unpublished audio and video recordings. Music, television and radio broadcasts, oral histories and interviews, documentaries, parliamentary proceedings, and much more, are all captured in analog and digital formats on a variety of cylinders, disks, or tapes. This diverse collection shares a common fate: obsolescence. The absolute dependence of audiovisual recordings on their particular playback technology means that once the equipment is obsolete access is lost and the window of opportunity for preservation copying has closed. Failure to complete preservation copying of these recordings will result in the loss of this valuable and often unique documentary heritage and of the investment the institution has made in it to date.
To mitigate the risk of losing audiovisual recordings of national significance this Audiovisual Migration Strategy and an audiovisual migration action plan recommend migration of content to standard computer file formats.
Once migrated to an IT environment, audiovisual collection material can be managed and preserved in a manner consistent with the development of LAC's Trusted Digital Repository (TDR). Ongoing preservation entails continued cycles of migration from one logical file format to another as standards and technologies evolve. Successful on-going migration of digital audiovisual material will depend on the ability of LAC's TDR to manage preservation actions on this material.
LAC recognizes the imperative to act, and the risk of not doing so now: preserving digital documentary heritage is a strategic choice of the institution; a performance measure for audiovisual preservation was included in Part III-Report on Plans and Priorities 2008-09; (www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2008-2009/inst/bal/bal00-eng.asp); the preservation of documentary heritage in electronic format is identified as a key risk area its Initial Corporate Risk Profile (2007); and the LAC Business Plan 2008-2011 (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/about-us/012-301-e.html) highlights the stewardship of digital and digitized collections.
The principle objective of the Strategy is to produce digital preservation master copies of at-risk audiovisual recordings to maintain current and future access. However, migration presents the opportunity to simultaneously create digital versions suitable for online access, augmenting LAC's mass digitization for access initiatives. Priority for migration is assigned first according to the risk of format obsolescence, and then according to the significance of the content or to client demand for it.
An action plan has been prepared to implement this strategy which proposes a 10-year period of dedicated and intensive migration activity followed by an ongoing increased capacity for this work.


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In deciding its next boy's head basketball coach, Duncan didn't have to look any further than its previous coach's right hand man.
Former Demons assistant Ben Scott was named the team's new head coach Friday, staying in the town he grew up in.
"I'm excited to get started. Duncan's a town I've spent a lot of time in and I'm looking forward to this opportunity," Scott said. "Looking ahead to next season, I expect to have a smart team that is always playing hard."
After growing up in Duncan, Scott spent four years at Walters High School before running cross country at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Scott brings experience as an assistant coach at Edmond Memorial, Marietta and Duncan, and served as the head coach at Holdenville for three seasons.
"He has a great knowledge of the game, and we're very happy to add him as our coach," Duncan Athletic Director Burl White said. "He's excellent in creating practice agendas and workout plans. He is one of the most organized coaches in any sport that I have ever met."
Scott's ties to Duncan are strong, with many members of his family currently living in town. He also has family in Comanche.
The new coach said he's excited for the summer, where he can gage what type of team he will be coaching.
"We're going to have plenty of chances to take a look at our players during summer game," Scott said. "There's not a whole lot of size going all the way back to eighth grade, so that could affect the way we play."
Scott named new Demons boys basketball coach
In deciding its next boy's head basketball coach, Duncan didn't have to look any further than its previous coach's right hand man.
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Demons hoping for top-four finish
The Duncan baseball team will need to take care of business next week in its final District 2-5A games.
The Demons are 7-5 in district (16-9 overall) after dropping both games of a doubleheader at Carl Albert Monday, 8-1 and 4-1. The Titans (13-1, 26-4) won the district title.
Girls soccer gets it done at Altus
The Duncan girls soccer team battled in a tough environment at Altus to win 1-0 Tuesday.
Lady Demon coach Delydia Gay said it was frustrating at times for the girls because of some questionable calls the officials made. But she was happy the girls pulled together to win.
Meshell shines as Outlaws beat Warriors
The Marlow baseball team got help from Beau Meshell on the mound and at the plate in a 7-4 home victory against Anadarko Tuesday.
Meshell held Anadarko to one earned run off three hits and did not walk a batter. He reached base three times, had one run batted in and scored one run.
Girls golfers take fourth at Deer Creek
The Duncan girls golfers took fourth at a tournament hosted by Deer Creek High School at Coffee Creek Golf Course in Edmond Tuesday.
Lady Demon coach Steve Etheridge said that the girls played as well as they have all year. Although the golfers struggled putting on some fast greens, Etheridge was happy with their overall performance.
Empire softball tries to spark offense
The Lady Bulldogs are trying to find a way to spice up their offense in preparation for the Class 3A slowpitch softball playoffs.
Empire has played a tough schedule, with four of the first seven games coming against ranked opponents. However, coach Tony Roberts thinks the team just needs to have some more timely hitting to get on the winning track.
Outlaws shut out Indians
Marlow baseball snapped a three-game losing streak with a 10-0 win at home against Comanche Monday.
"We needed to get this win and we got it," said Marlow coach Jeff Brewer.
Demon golfers focused on regionals
The Duncan boys golfers have two more tournaments left before regionals.
The Demons will head to Ardmore this Monday for a tournament that was postponed from March 3 because of the weather.
Tourney named in memory of T-ball player
The Comanche Youth Council will dedicate its preseason baseball and softball tournament to the memory of a T-ball player who unexpectedly passed away this past weekend.
Tyee Percival, 5, was in his first year of T-ball and played for the Rangers. The youth council has named its preseason tourney the Tyee Percival Memorial Tournament. The council will hang a commemorative banner over the T-ball field at the Comanche Field of Dreams.
Lady Donkeys push towards playoffs
Fighting its roster limitations, Bray-Doyle slowpitch softball has a rare opportunity in front of it.
Coach Frank Moser is optimistic about his chances in district versus Mayesville and No. 5 Roff. While Roff has been one of the best teams in Class 2A — it has a winning record despite almost all of its games coming against ranked competitors — Mayesville has been one of the worst. It picked up its first win against Alex on April 8 by just one run.
Outlaws have chance to host regionals
The Marlow baseball team has had to overcome some adversity in recent weeks, but coach Jeff Brewer is confident the team will get back on track.
The past week started with a road game at Blanchard, ranked seventh in Class 4A, last Tuesday. Then came a tough outing at home against Class 4A Newcastle Thursday and a showdown Friday at Sterling, ranked fourth in Class A.
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Signature Theatre Presents Holiday Follies Cabaret 12/13-23
Break out the tinsel, pour the eggnog, and light up the yule log! The holiday season is here and that means Signature Theatre will be hosting its annual holiday celebration, Holiday Follies from December 13th – December 23rd. Conceived and directed by Signature's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner, the seasonal cabaret features Signature favorites Florrie Bagel, Priscilla Cuellar, Jake Odmark, Alan Wiggins, Weslie Woodley, and Steven Walker, as well as special guest performers appearing for each show. The Music Director is Gabriel Mangiante. Holiday Follies will play in Signature's intimate ARK Theatre. Single tickets are available at $41 each.
"It wouldn't feel like the holidays without Holiday Follies," said Eric Schaeffer, Signature's Artistic Director. "This time of year is all about family, friends, and happiness – and each year, Signature is delighted to help spread good cheer to the entire Washington area."
An extension of Signature's commitment to musical theater, the cabaret series provides a distinct entertainment experience to its audiences. Transforming its smaller performance space into an intimate club complete with small tables and candlelight, Signature invites patrons to bring the outstanding wine, mixed drinks, and light fare from its highly praised Ali's Bar into the Theatre to enjoy during the performances.
Tickets are $41 per person and available by calling Ticketmaster at (703) 573-SEAT
(7328) or by visiting http://www.signature-theatre.org/cabarets.
Show dates & times:
Tuesday, December 13 – Friday, December 23
Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30pm
Thursday & Friday at 8:00pm
Saturday at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday at 2pm and 7pm
Friday, December 23 at 7pm and 9pm
Florrie Bagel SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, Kander and Ebb Overtures Cabaret. TOUR: Kennedy Center TYA: Nobody's Perfect. DC AREA: Studio Theatre 2ndstage: Jerry Springer: The Opera; Kennedy Center Family Theater: Nobody's Perfect; The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful...(u/s), Handspeak; REP Stage: Speech & Debate; Olney Theatre: Peter Pan, Godspell; MetroStage: The Stephen Schwartz Project; Imagination Stage: Mulan.
Priscilla Cuellar SIGNATURE: Assassins, My Fair Lady, Into the Woods (Witch u/s), Saving Aimee, Highest Yellow (u/s Judy Kuhn) and various cabarets. DC AREA: Olney Theatre: Big River; MetroStage: Stephen Schwartz Project (world premiere); Imagination Stage: Seussical (Sour Kangaroo), Twice Upon a Time (Swindler); Toby's Dinner Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors (Chiffon); Riverside Dinner Theatre: Hairspray (Tracy); Redbranch Theatre: Into the Woods (Witch), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Schwartzy); Creative Cauldren: Nevermore (Mother).
Jake Odmark SIGNATURE: Sunset Boulevard, Tamar And The River (21/24 workshop). NEW YORK: Public Theatre: Fun Home; Engeman: Camelot; The Actor's Studio: Tokio Confidential. TOURS: Grease (Macau, China), The Pajama Game, Fame! (China Tour), Grease (Istanbul). DC AREA: Olney Theatre: Triumph of Love; Toby's Dinner Theatre: Grease, West Side Story, Oklahoma!; MetroStage: CabarYAY.
Alan Wiggins SIGNATURE: Saturday Night concert. NATIONAL/INT'L TOURS: Windwood Productions: Children's Letters to God, Phoenix Entertainment: Grease. DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Joseph…, Grease; Toby's Dinner Theatre: Aida, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Footloose. REGIONAL: Seacoast Rep: Footloose, Chicago, The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Penn State Centre Stage: Smokey Joe's Café, Five Guys Named Moe. UPCOMING: Adventure Theatre: The Snowy Day.


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RICHMOND, Virginia (AP)— Virginia is digging out from the season's first significant snowfall.
Hardest hit by the winter storm Thursday and Friday was southwest Virginia, where the National Weather Service says 13 inches were reported in Giles (jyls) County, while Grayson County and the Galax (GAY'-laks) area received about a foot. The state's western mountains received 6-9 inches while several inches or more were reported in central and eastern Virginia.
Appalachian Power says 111,106 electric customers are without power after the heavy, wet snow brought down power lines, while Dominion Virginia Power reports 11,000 power failures, primarily in the Richmond and Southside Virginia area.
Virginia State Police say they were swamped with calls at the height of the storm. Dispatchers fielded more than 760 calls reporting crashes and disabled vehicles.
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Volunteering: It Doesn't PayNot only is this shirt funny, but it's also factually correct. Volunteering, by definition, does not pay.
Original release date: September 8, 2005
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The Republicans continually harp on tax frugality, yet tax frugality is lost at the checkout counter, as evidenced by the news of today. I do not have any children in school, but it is utterly stupid to think we are saving tax dollars when, for several years now, we have had to furnish schoolhouse toiletries, and now we must pay extra for schoolhouse condiments.
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Narrator: This is Science Today. Food irradiation is a process in which a product is exposed to a small, carefully measured burst of an electron beam to kill bacteria and parasites that would otherwise cause foodborne disease. But over it's long history, irradiated food has never been a popular sell among the American public. But University of California, Davis food marketing expert Christine Bruhn, says consumer attitudes about food safety are changing, due to an increase in food recall incidents.
Bruhn: Within California itself, we have had some years where as many as 500 kids had foodborne illness traced to the school lunch program. Now, the data doesn't show exactly what that food source was, but that's not acceptable.
Narrator: Bruhn says, consumers' early rejection of irradiation was largely based on fear and misunderstanding.
Bruhn: People, some say you don't need it and it's going to be a hazard - time has shown irradiation saves lives because it does destroy those harmful bacteria before you're bringing it into your home.
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Put a groove to the chorus of "Jesus Loves Me," combine it with a remake of a hymn lyric from "He Lives," and you get an emphatic statement of Gods love as expressed to Nicodemus in John 3. "Stick" choreography for this song can combine with creative lighting/power point causing WAM! Kids to sing I know that I know that I know you love me
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WAM! 4 Kids 4 the Word is the 2nd of Worship Arts and Music resources from Kathie Hill Music. With tracks by Denver Bierman and the Mile High Orchestra, WAM! 4 Kids 4 the Word features seven songs to present separately or collectively in a Worship Arts Celebration. An optional script provides narrations that follow the life of Christ according to the book of John. Narrations are performed on the Listening CD. (The script is included with the bundled 7 song set of Vocal Charts only.)
Voicing: Unison/2 part
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SHI SHI … For years Dolores LaChapelle would talk about this wilderness beach on the northwestern tip of the Olympic National Park in the most reverent of terms. If there was a Shangrila on this mortal coil, Shi Shi was it for my Way of the Mountain guru in Silverton. The beach gradually began to assume a mythic quality in my mind … Several years ago the family made an abortive attempt to visit – making a night trek down the wood boardwalk to the beach where Gorio ran in the waves in the moonlight for an hour or so, but we didn't really get to see this stretch of the Washington coast south of the Makah reservation at Neah Bay … So, with the help of my dear writer friend and San Francisco hiking buddy, Steve Clark, Gorio and I schemed and planned and finally arranged a poets' hike out to this legendary strand of the Pacific. Steve, who lives in Anacortes, pulled together a rag-tag bunch of bards and poetry-lovers to backpack from Shi Shi down to the Ozette River. We spent four days, alternating lounging on the beach and making perilous treks up and down steep cliffs with heavy packs and across slippery low-tide rocks (finding a starfish with 21 arms in one barnacled pool) … Appropriately, a coyote ran along the tideline at one beach camp we made, loping along the whole time with its head cocked back to eye us. Unafraid but wary … It was a grand adventure. Slow and lazy, with hot rum toddies around the evening campfires full of poetry and funny stories and scandalously irreverent boy-talk. Long and arduous, dangling over precipices of fern and cliffstone on narrow mudpaths and hiking miles of boardwalk through coastal rainforest swamps. Unseasonably warm weather assisted us, although the sun only peeked through the mists once and we never got to see the full moon. But it made the hiking cool and comfortable … Shi Shi. Its spell only stronger now that we know it as more than mere legend.
ROBERT SUND … Our first two days we camped at the mouth of Petroleum Creek, just a stone's throw from the spot where the most illustrious of the Ish poets had a cabin for many years. I'd heard of Sund. Knew his brilliant short poem that's become a mantra in my life (especially my political life, where the words ring bell-true as cast bronze): "In every good dance / there is a step backwards / too" … But I didn't really know the man. And had a wrong image – thinking a tweedy academic when, in truth, he was much more the wild eccentric. A devoted bard, untamed by society, committed to writing above all and depending a lot on friends for shelter and sustenance. We read a batch of his poems written at Shi Shi, collected in his book, Poems from Ish River Country: Collected Poems & Translations (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004) … Sund was the one to call out the Pacific Northwest as "Ish Country" – for all the native-named rivers ending in "ish" that threaded the Olympic bays and coastline. And his lyric ghost roams the rivers and ridges of Ish Country still – on tidal poles at Skagit's Fish Town, in the shipyard at Anacortes, in the lost cabin at Shi Shi.
TIM MCNULTY … If there's one poet who's inherited the mantle of Ish Country bard from Sund, it's hard not to think of Tim McNulty. I'd met him in passing 35 years ago at a bookstore in Seattle. I was taken with his work back then. Spare, honed to a gem-like clarity, with that inventive leap of language and thought that marked the Taoist masters of old … Over the years, I'd followed his writing from afar. He came from that lineage of American poets who revere Gary Snyder as our nation's greatest living poet and one of our greatest ecological thinkers – a group I count myself among (as did Dolores, my teacher) … But I was not prepared for a man so generous and humble. No airs. No laurel wreath of distance or self-importance. And his work had only grown more limpid over the years. Deeper in the mystery. He read with quiet authority, letting the lean words take on the shrouds of insight and significance that only fine writing can … We stayed a night at his slopeside home within sight of Blue Mountain near Sequim, and he and his wife Mary treated our rowdy crew like kings. As a traveling companion he was lively and attentive, sharing but never dominating. And yet you couldn't help being impressed to find his natural history to Olympic National Park in the visitor center, to learn of his Herculean efforts that led to important additions to the park and continues to lead the championing of wild lands in the Pacific Northwest, to hear him read his work to choruses of barking seals as the surf swept in and out of the sand … Amazon will get you a list of his many books, so let me just recommend In Blue Mountain Dusk (Pleasure Boat Studio,1993). I think I can safely say McNulty's lyric shadow stretches over far more than just Ish Country – an American poet not to miss.
MICHAEL DALEY … Nor was McNulty the only Ish poet of note in our ad hoc Shi Shi gang. Through my friend Steve, I'd gotten to be friends with Michael Daley – as important a figure in Ish Country as anyone I'd read. His Dal'oma magazine and Empty Bowl press offerings were icons of Pacific Northwest writing since the Sixties. I'd collected many of them over the years. And I'd come to read Michael's own writings, both poetry and essays. Again brilliant, but with mysterious twists and elegant knots of thought that took more than a single reading to unravel. His work requires one to center, listen carefully and go back to the source many times to taste the sweet meaning water. It's not poetry (nor prose) for skimmers. But the rewards of hard work become apparent when the thorny stanzas ripen like raspberries on the tongue … Check out To Curve (WordTech Communications, 2008)) and his marvelous prose collection, Way Out There: Lyrical Essays (Aequitas Books, 2006)
RACHAEL ROSE … Bob Rose was one of our over-60 gang – a shipwright and ecological activist who's own book of poetry Living on Islands was long out of print. But he kept telling me about his daughter, Rachael, and what a fine poet she was. So, after the hike, he had Rachael (who lives in Vancouver and has dual citizenship) and a few of us over for a feast at his seaside home. And, indeed, Rachael's poetry spirited me away. Hearing of my own Japan-born grandmother, she shared a poem about American assumptions about the Japanese (she lived in Japan for some years) and a companion piece about Japanese assumptions about Americans. Great poems with piercing insights, humor and a connoisseur's taste for language. And then she did another piece about birthing (she has three children). It took me deeper into the actual experience from a woman's perspective than anything I'd ever heard or read … Rachael is a wonderful poet with a sensibility that stretches across our border with Canada. Her first book, Giving My Body to Science, was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award, the Pat Lowther Award, and the Grand Prix du Livre de Montreal, and won the Quebec Writers' Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. Check out her latest book, Notes on Arrival and Departure (McClelland & Stewart, 2005)
In Asparagus Moonlight
-for Tim & the boys
The sounds of surf.
The name of smelt.
Sund's spruce-needle rain.
Honor the myriad ways
to climb the roped cliffs.
To translate sea against rock
as we gather like gulls
to ride a tide of words
ashore at Shi Shi.


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So politically correct - and morally bankrupt - has Congress become that it cannot even enact a law against aborting fetuses because the prospective mother isn't happy with their genders. And President Barack Obama is happy about the failure.
In some Asian countries, gender-based abortions are not uncommon. No one really knows how many occur in the United States.
But a bill in Congress would have made the practice illegal, and would have required health care professionals to report known violations. They would not have had to ask women why they were seeking abortions.
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Flickering Myth recently chatted with editor Lee Smith who has worked with Nolan since "The Prestige," and shared that indeed there is some DNA between 'Rises' and Nolan's abandoned project. "There are a lot of similarities in that," he said. "He did work on a script at the same time the one with Leonardo [DiCaprio] came out back in the day." And the lines between the two are pretty easy to draw.
Hughes was an industrialist with his hands in many industries, just like Wayne, and later in his life he became a recluse, reportedly only cutting his nails and hair once a year. And while Wayne never quite tips into the same mania or drug addiction that plagued Hughes, when we meet him in a bathrobe, on crutches and looking disheveled at the beginning of "The Dark Knight Rises," one can't help but think we're getting a glimpse of what Nolan's Hughes might've looked like (Jim Carrey had been lined up for his proposed project).
So what's next for Nolan? Even Smith isn't quite sure, but it seems his collaborator is taking a breather. "When Chris says he is having a break that just means he is formulating something more complicated than we could ever think," he said. And whatever it turns out to be, we certainly can't wait.
AE | December 7, 2012 10:45 AM
I've just read the piece talking about the way Batman's character explored sociopathy and now this one saying Batman was somewhat based around Howard Hughes research and it makes me smile, I mean come on are you kidding none of these things were really explored, it was an action blockbuster designed for fun, no more or less. My worry is if we start believing these superficial popcorn films carry weight, it diminishes the art form until it ceases to teach us anything of real value about life. No offence to TDKR but why can't it just be what it is, shallow fun entertainment and stop making out like it's exploring anything other than thrills.
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Yeah I thought this was obvious. When the staff discusses rumors that Wayne has been urinating in jars, has long fingernails etc, I took that as an obvious reference to Hughes.
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We needed someone to officially tell us this? It was pretty obvious from watching the movie.


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